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Measles: Why it's so deadly, and why vaccination is so vital

  • Written by Paul Duprex, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
Measles: Why it's so deadly, and why vaccination is so vitalA sign at a clinic in Vancouver, Washington on Jan. 25, 2019 asks unvaccinated children 12 and younger to leave the facility. Gillian Flaccus/AP Photos

On the darkest day of 2018, the winter solstice, we at the Center for Vaccine Research at the University of Pittsburgh tweeted, with despair, a report in the Guardian that measles cases in Europe...

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